The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-01-07
NEWS OF The WEEK.
FROM MASHlNGToN.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL


DURING 1856 there were SOLO miles Of rail-
road track laid III the United States, at a
cost of $3.50 100000
/ denee of the carelessness of the public in
addressing correspondence in list of
sixty-four letters addressed to Pittsburgh,
o., when Pittsburgh, Pa, was intended
| Chicago, N. Y, is often written for Chi
| cago, Ill.
DURING November last 81, 029 immigrants
arrived in this country, while in November,
1885, the number was only 20,070.
| DURING 1885 it is estimated that there
were three thousand separate strikes, and
| that the loss to the country was about s25,-
OO0000.
| DURING 1886 the value Of the new gold
received at the mint in Washington was
S1.344. 1862
| In the Senate chamber solemn and inn
pressive funeral services over the remains
| of Senator Logan were held on the 31st ult
| There was a great throng of people pres
] ent. Rev. DR.. Newman preached the
| funeral sermon. The President was not
able to attend, but Mrs Cleveland was
| present, as well as the members of the
| Cabinet and their wives. All the branches
| of the Government were represented. The
| remains were placed in a vault in Rock
| Greek Cemetery. An offer of a permanent
burial-place on the Lake front in Oh icago
was said to have been accepted by Mrs.
Logan.
THE fund being raised by Captain Lemon
for Mrs. Logan had on the 1st reached
$4,000. w. p Nixon had placed in her
hands $6 800 contributed in Chicago
THERE were 272 persons killed in the
year 1886 in tornadoes, PIG by boiler and
other explosions, 420 in fires, ia in mining
disasters, 887 by floods and drowning, II
by lightning, 40 by snow-slides, 80 by fall
ing buildings and So by earthquake. The
number killed in railroad accidents was
1885, against 947 the previous year, and 2, 748
lost their lives in ocean and lake disasters,
against 2, 397 in 1885.
THE number of persons in the United
States who committed suicide in 1886
was 914, against s078 in 1885. OF the num-
Der, 757 were males and ISL females There
were 1,449 murders reported. against 1,80S
in 1885; So hangings, against 108 the pre-
vious year, and 1873 lynchings, againt ISL in
1885
IN the United States during 1886 the num-
Der of business failures was 1884, as COM
pared with 1851 in the year 1885, a de-
crease of 805 failures. The total liabilities
for 1886 were $114,000,000, against 1924, 00O,-
900 in 1885.
THE fire loss in the United States during
the year 1885 was $110,000000, against Sl05,-
000, 900 in 1885.
THE public debt statement for December
is as follows: Total debt Gncluding inter-
est, 1,726, 0S3,692; less cash items avail
able for reduction of debt, and reserve
bills for redemption of United States notes
(S34l, 902, 564, 81, 1884, 49, 1923; cash in treas
ury, $40, 1856, 632; debt, less amount in
treasury 81 ,341 1854, 496. Decrease during
December, S9,358, POP.
On the 3D. the fund for the benefit of Mrs
Logan had reached $4,000 Captain Lemon,
the treasurer, had purchased AZ per cent
bonds for Mrs. Logan to the amount of
$50, 0OO
AT tWentysix leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges during
the week ended on the LIST aggregated
$S1l, 6l4,6S6, against 1894, 1888 060 the pre-
vious week. AS compared with the cor
responding week of 1855, the decrease
amounts to rs per cent.
In the United States and Canada the fire
losses during December reached Sill, 600
600.
THE National bank circulation on the Sd
stood at 1896. 486, ST, decrease for Deem
Der of ~, 529, 1914, and for the twelve months
of $40, $50, 233
THERE were 511,666 standard silver dol
lars issued from the minis during the week
ended December 3, against 4765S4 in the
corresponding period the previous year.